Improvement in the modes of forming balls of twine and cord



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HAMILTON B. LAW'ION, OF OROPSEYVILLE, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 110,980, dated January 17, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT'IN THE MODES OF FORMING BALLS OF TWINE AND CORD.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, HAMILTON B. LAW'roN, of Cropseyvillc, county of Rensselear, State of New Yorlc, have invented a new and useful Mode ot' Form ing or finding Balls of Twine, Thread, Ya1n,\Vicks, Sac., of all fibrous materials; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view.

Figure' 2 is a sectional view in outline.-

I use the common balling or winding. machine, having the usual angular and rotary motion to tile spindles to form my balls with.

Ilet them work in the usual manner until the balls are about one-half the spherical size required is obtain-` ed, then I stop the angular motion of the spindles andcontinue to wind the balls until` they reach vthe required size, with only the rotary motion ot' the spindles resting in a diagonal position, thereby forming a regular series of uniform prolate layers for the ontside finishing walls of the balls, and. by these means changing the shape of the same from a spherical to an oblate-spheroidal form with permanent open ends, as represented by the accompanying drawing.

The advantages of .my new lnode of putting `up twiues, thread, wicks, 85e., of all fibrous materials, are obvious.

First, by these means a concave or open-ended ball is produced, allowingY free access to'the inside end of the thread whenever it is desirable to draw from the insideof the ball.

Second, by thus combining the spherical with the oblate-spheroidal formation, as above deseribed, they are enabled to retain their shape better and longer than if of the cylindrical form alone, and are not so liable to break up and snarl or become wasted as several months use has fully demonstrated.

I do Inot claim the spheroida-l ball as such, `but the 'manner of producing it.

\ Claim.

The herein-described mode of forming a ball of twine, wicking, cord, 85e., having a spherical interior' and an exterior shell of prolate laye-rs, constituting an oblate spheroid, as shown and described, and`for the purpose set forth.

Y HAlvIILlON B. LAWTON. Witnesses:

In.; H. LAWTON,

J; BUTLER. 

